ngera
/ngerang
/ngarang
/ngara		, pro.what; which; what kind of; anything (but or except).
ngerang
a
ker;
ngera
ke
melekoi?
tia
ng
ngerang?
ngera
soam?
ng diak a ngerangpro.nothing.
ua ngarangpro.how.
ngera meexpr.why? for what reason?
ngera ngar ngiiexpr.what's up? what's happening?
ngera uchul meexpr.why? for what reason?
Examples:
Ng
ua
ngara
a
kedel
a
blim?
> How close is your house?
Tia
ngerang?
> What is this?
Ng
ua
ngara
a
chetul
a
blim?
> What's the condition of your house?
Ngara
ke
di
klikmechur
er
ngii?
> What are you smiling at?
Ng
ngara
a
chelitechetul
a
rubak?
> How's the old man getting on?
Proverbs:
Ngara
eseos
e
olengimech
el
mera
dalem.
> From the mature tree the sapling dribbles.
Eseos is a mature tree, dalm is a sapling; olengimch means to drip, drizzle, or dribble. Application is to the similarity of the child to its parents, generally its father.
More Examples:
Ng
ngara
a
urerel
a
ngalek
er
a
skuul?
> What is the job of the student?
Tiang
ngera
isei
a
ngklel
el
basio?
> What is the name of this place?
Ngara
el
bail
a
chobo
mosiik?
> What kind of clothes are you going to buy?
Ng
diak
el
ngerang,
ng
kmal
betekngang
a
tellemall
er
a
beluu.
> The reason is, there are too many crimes in the society.
Te
ngera
ngemuu
rrikl?
> Who's making all the commotion outside?
Ngerang, n.hamlet in Melekeok.
Ngerang
a
rengedel
a
beluu
er
a
Melekeok.
Examples:
Ng
di
ngii
mak
kiei
ra
iemoch
meng
uoi
diak
kudengei
a
ngerang.
> It's as if I live somewhere so far away that I don't know what's going on.
Ke
melim
a
ngerang?
> What are you drinking?
Se
ng
dichel
a
ngerang?
> What is that light?
Tilecha
ngerang?
> What is that (thing near you)?
Tia
ngerang?
> What is this?
More Examples:
Ke
kmu
el
mo
ngerang?
> What do you say?
A
bo
lemeoud
e
ng
mo
ngerang,
ngii
di
le
mlei.
> So what if he is late, as long as he comes.
Ke
dmu
el
mo
ngerang?
> What do you say?
Tia
el
siasing
er
kau
el
ngar
er
a
chelbacheb,
tiang
ngerang
el
dengchokl
er
ngii?
Ng
brer
me
a
lechub
e
ng
totang?
> Your picture at the rock island, what are you sitting on? Is it bamboo raft or tin canoe?
Ngerang
a
ungil
osongel
er
a
katsudokang?
> What is good to see at the movie theaters?

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